Comments on: Men vs. Women Cartoon: A Short Overview of Stereotypes

By: Jessica J.

Jessica J. — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:48:27 +0000

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By: urbanmkr

urbanmkr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:17:49 +0000

Actually, in anthropological kinship charts, the female is a circle, the male is a triangle (pointy end upwards) and the square is gender-neutral, often used for ‘ego’, i.e. the point of reference of the chart, if it doesn’t matter which sex that ‘ego’ is.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:57:26 +0000

“The “female” is a circle and the “male” is a square (a very common type of imagery–things depicting masculinity are often angular, while those evoking femininity are often round or curvy).”

Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s how genealogical charts are drawn. It’s an arbitrary choice to differentiate easily when reading and creating charts. I doubt the first anthropologists/genealogists to use these charts really sat down and consciously thought about it. Researchers use these conventions to draw up charts for animal groups, as well.

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By: Sam-I-Am

Sam-I-Am — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:46 +0000

It looks to me like the kind of film that would be used in a class, to be followed by a great deal of discussion. Like showing old ads to provoke discussion.

The star seemed to me a whole individual, rather than a couple.

MMM’s m-i-l needs to meet more people.

By: Dangger

Dangger — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:05 +0000

Really a piece of garbage.

By: Muriel Minnie Mae

Muriel Minnie Mae — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:12:26 +0000

My mother-in-law sent it to me with a note about how true the differences are. I’m not sure I agree with her but that’s neither here nor there.

Thanks for posting it.

By: 73man

73man — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:35:32 +0000

This looks like a short film funded by the European Community and the regional government in Lombardy to contrast and challenge our stereotypes of men and women. Not particularly incisive though: I hope the winning project was better.

By: steff_

steff_ — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:15:44 +0000

Yes, very confusing. But at least there were a few moments where patriarchal structures have been appointed (of course as a global fact and less in a emancipatory way):
- in “business trip”: a woman can’t travel like a man, cause she is bounded to the household
- in “handbags”: the woman got a spray with the name “alarm” on it in her bag. I read this as a self-defence tool. But maybe it’s just to keep dogs away…
hmm…still very confused.
Maybe it’s a very weird way to tell that in the end we are all the same (which is also weird). We are all (smiling) stars and the rest is just stereotypes (which we can smile away)!

By: bobbem

bobbem — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:10:25 +0000

Also, notice how the woman often talks like a child (particularly obvious in the shopping scene).

But I’m really puzzled about what they were trying to accomplish with this video… It’s not a parody because the authors are not looking at the stereotypes from a perspective that might make them funny.

And the question at the end doesn’t make any sense… What else could they be if they’re not stereotypes?!?